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Volcán Jumaytepeque

Jumaytepeque

Type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1802m
Last eruption
Unknown
Jumaytepeque, on the center horizon, was constructed near the SE rim of a caldera, and is possibly Holocene. The volcano on the far horizon is Ixhuatán.
Jumaytepeque, on the center horizon, was constructed near the SE rim of a caldera, and is possibly Holocene. The volcano on the far horizon is Ixhuatán. · Photo: Photo by Jim Reynolds, 1975 (Brevard College).
Type
Stratovolcano
Country
Guatemala
Region
Middle America & Caribbean / Central America Volcanic Arc
Elevation
1802m
Coordinates
14.340, -90.271
Last eruption
Unknown
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Landform
Composite
Major rock type
Basalt / Picro-basalt

Geological summary

Jumaytepeque is a small basaltic stratovolcano located NNE of the city of Cuilapa, north of the major NW-SE-trending Jalpatagua fault that cuts diagonally across SE Guatemala.

Excerpt from the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution · Read the full summary on GVP →

From Wikipedia

Volcán Jumaytepeque is a stratovolcano in south-eastern Guatemala. The 1,815-metre-high (5,955 ft) volcano is located about 7 km north-north-east of the city of Cuilapa, near the south-eastern rim of the large Miocene Santa Rosa de Lima caldera.

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Eruption history

Glossary

Detailed timeline

No eruption records available.

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External links

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